Insect-destroyer



(No Model.) I A. NBWKIRK. INSECT DESTROYBR.

' No. 287,704. Patented 0gt. 3.0,1883..

Z J z INVENTOR UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ABRAM NEWKIRK, 0F CLEVELAND, OHIO.

,INSECT-DESTROYER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 287,704, dated October30, 1883.

Application filed July 27, 1883.

Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga and State I of Ohio, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Insect-Destroyers; andI do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it'pertainsto make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in insect: destroyers; and itconsists in certain features of construction and in combination of partshereinafter described,and pointed out in the claims. I I

The object of the invention is to provide a suitable container, to becarried on the back of the operator, in which paris-green or othermaterial may be properly mixed with water and distributed through asprinkler.

Paris-green and water do not form a chemical union with each other, butonly a mechanical mixture, and the difficulty heretofore has been tomaintain a thorough mixture, so that the water discharged woulduniformly contain a given amount of the paris-green.

agitation than the can would receive on the back of the operator, themost of the parisg reen would soon settle to the bottom of the can, andpass off with the first water drawn therefrom. I have therefore deviseda means of inclosi'ng the paris-green in a distended bag ofstrain-cloth,suspended in the container and submerged in the water, bymeans of which to the bottom of the container, and leadingtangentiallyfrom the periphery. thereof. This tube is provided with the valve B,preferably a compress-valve, and has attached to the end the sprinklerb.

The can may be provided with straps attached to the loops D, so. as topass over the shoulders and support the can properly on the back of theoperator. I

To the bottom, but inside of the container,

If left. free in the water, and with no more violent (No model.)

is attached the loop a, that may be made of a bent piece of wiresoldered to the bottom.

0 is a broad band, preferably of tin, with plenty of large holes throughthe tin. The band is small enough to be easily inserted in thecontainer, and its only use is to distend the strainer-cloth thatincloses it. The cloth is wrapped loosely around the band and tied withthe string 0.. There is also a string, 0', attachedcto the bottom of thecloth and pass ing through the loop a. Both these strings pass upthrough the mouth of the container, and may be fastened by closing thecover. v

The container is filled with water; the parisgreen is inclosed in thebag or distended cloth, which is secured in a desired position in thecontainer; the container is secured to the back of the operator and isready for user The operation of the device is as follows: The tube B isin a convenient position for grasping with the hand, and by means of thevalve the discharge may be regulated as desired. The mixtureof theparis-green with the water is controlled by the cloth. If theparis-green is to be used freely, a coarse cloth is used; if sparingly,a very fine strain-cloth, or even more than one thickness might be used.V

Although'I prefer to have the bag fastened yet I do not limit myself tothis use of thebag. A fair result may be had by leaving the bag to floatin the can without being confined to the said loop; also, the cloth mayfirst be made into bag form and the band inserted, and the string tiedaround the neck end of the bag, or the bag may be made by drawing apiece of cloth up around the band and tying it, as shown. I p I Twotubes with'their sprinklers may be used, the one operated by the,right'handv and Y afree circulation of water through the bag,

substantially as set forth.

2. In an insect-destroyer, the combination,

8o nearthe bottom of the container, as aforesaid, V

with a suitable vessel to receive water, and an able insect-destroyingsubstance, the ring 0, cloth or bag adapted to receive a suitable inandthe cords c c, substantially as set forth. sect-destroying substance,and suspended in In testimony whereof I sign this specificasaid vessel,of the perforated. band 0, adapted tion, in the presence of twowitnesses, this 19th go distend the cloth orbag, substantially as setday of July, 1883.

orth.

3. In an insect-destroyer, the combination, with the vessel adapted tocontain Water and provided with a discl1a1'ge-spont,and the 100p [o a,of the cloth or bag adapted to iuclose a suit- ABRAM NEWKIRK.

Witnesses:

CHAS. H. DoRnR, GEO. W. KING.

